David Sanders @davidsanderssci.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Protecting personal privacy has been at the core of my public service. I have an established record opposing artificial-intelligence-based mass surveillance and will continue to be a champion for that cause. Please watch the video for more information. 031
David Sanders @davidsanderssci.bsky.social · 16/09/2026The success of the Stop the Water Steal movement that I founded in preventing the transfer of upon to 100 million gallons of water/day from Wabash River-associated aquifers is inspiring those who are opposed to tax abatements for data centers in Indiana. davidsandersindiana.com 051
David Sanders @davidsanderssci.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Where is the money they collected for predatory publishing going? 130
David Sanders @davidsanderssci.bsky.social · 26/08/2026It was. I saw them together in the show on Broadway. 010
David Sanders @davidsanderssci.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Please visit my revamped website at davidsandersindiana.comdavidsandersindiana.comDAVID SANDERS FOR INDIANA STATE SENATE--DISTRICT 23 042
David Sanders @davidsanderssci.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Because of a proposed lawsuit we still don't know who won the Republican primary for Indiana State Senate District 23. But I know who lost. 021
David Sanders @davidsanderssci.bsky.social · 10/08/2026About Save Heritage Indiana www.wfyi.org/wfyi-news/20...wfyi.orgA rally billed as the nation's first 'mass deportation' event is coming to FishersA rally billed as the nation's first "mass deportation rally," headlined by former Border Patrol leader Greg Bovino, comes to Fishers Saturday alongside a counter-march organized by immigrant advocacy... 011
David Sanders @davidsanderssci.bsky.social · 10/08/2026My opponent in the Indiana State Senate District 23 race has been endorsed by one of the founders of Save Heritage Indiana. Please consider donating to my campaign. secure.actblue.com/donate/david...secure.actblue.comDonate to David SandersShow your support with a contribution. 121
David Sanders @davidsanderssci.bsky.social · 10/08/2026My opponent in the Indiana State Senate District 23 is a person whose claim to fame is that she refused to wear a mask when she was conducting her official duties as County Clerk during the COVID-19 pandemic--a violation of state law. Please support my campaign. secure.actblue.com/donate/david...secure.actblue.comDonate to David SandersShow your support with a contribution. 032
David Sanders @davidsanderssci.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Expertise in gene therapy and research integrity came together in my participation in the scientific analysis described in this article. www.science.org/content/arti...science.orgExclusive: Death of girl in Chinese gene-editing trial was never made publicParents want accountability after study went disastrously wrong, Science and Retraction Watch investigation reveals 021
David Sanders @davidsanderssci.bsky.social · 24/07/2026I have just seen your post on the Pichiorri retraction that I prompted. In answer to your question, there were additional image problems that I shared with the journal that were not cited in the retraction. Keep up the great work. 020
David Sanders @davidsanderssci.bsky.social · 24/07/2026I recently had the opportunity to hear Bhattacharya in person during his visit to Purdue University. I expected to endure scientific ignorance, right-wing pandering and claims of victimisation, and I was not disappointed. www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/nih-...timeshighereducation.comThe NIH director’s visit has only deepened my concerns about himI expected scientific ignorance, right-wing pandering and victimisation claims from Jay Bhattacharya. I was not disappointed, says David Sanders 011
David Sanders @davidsanderssci.bsky.social · 24/07/2026“Journals need to take these issues seriously in a timely fashion and address them correctly,” Sanders told us. “There was no need for this long a lapse before the article was retracted.” retractionwatch.com/2026/07/22/j...retractionwatch.comJournal retracts breast cancer paper 10 years after sleuth flagged issuesA biomedical journal has retracted a paper by a cancer researcher who sued her former institution over misconduct allegations. The action comes a decade after a sleuth first raised concerns about t… 243
David Sanders @davidsanderssci.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Protecting the natural resources of Indiana is essential. When I founded the Stop the Water Steal movement to protect the aquifers that are associated with the Wabash River that was precisely our goal. www.indystar.com/story/news/e...indystar.comResignations fault state for failing to protect natural resourcesFour members of the state's Natural Resource Commission abruptly resigned, citing concerns about top down decision making and degrading public trust. 064
David Sanders @davidsanderssci.bsky.social · 20/07/2026I recently had the opportunity to hear Bhattacharya in person during his visit to Purdue University. I expected to endure scientific ignorance, right-wing pandering and claims of victimisation, and I was not disappointed. www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/nih-...timeshighereducation.comThe NIH director’s visit has only deepened my concerns about himI expected scientific ignorance, right-wing pandering and victimisation claims from Jay Bhattacharya. I was not disappointed, says David Sanders 030
David Sanders @davidsanderssci.bsky.social · 20/07/2026I recently had the opportunity to hear Bhattacharya in person during his visit to Purdue University. I expected to endure scientific ignorance, right-wing pandering and claims of victimisation, and I was not disappointed. www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/nih-...timeshighereducation.comThe NIH director’s visit has only deepened my concerns about himI expected scientific ignorance, right-wing pandering and victimisation claims from Jay Bhattacharya. I was not disappointed, says David Sanders 110
David Sanders @davidsanderssci.bsky.social · 20/07/2026I recently had the opportunity to hear Bhattacharya in person during his visit to Purdue University. I expected to endure scientific ignorance, right-wing pandering and claims of victimisation, and I was not disappointed. www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/nih-...timeshighereducation.comThe NIH director’s visit has only deepened my concerns about himI expected scientific ignorance, right-wing pandering and victimisation claims from Jay Bhattacharya. I was not disappointed, says David Sanders 063
David Sanders @davidsanderssci.bsky.social · 20/07/2026I recently had the opportunity to hear Bhattacharya in person during his visit to Purdue University. I expected to endure scientific ignorance, right-wing pandering and claims of victimisation, and I was not disappointed. www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/nih-...timeshighereducation.comThe NIH director’s visit has only deepened my concerns about himI expected scientific ignorance, right-wing pandering and victimisation claims from Jay Bhattacharya. I was not disappointed, says David Sanders 020
David Sanders @davidsanderssci.bsky.social · 20/07/2026I recently had the opportunity to hear Bhattacharya in person during his visit to Purdue University. I expected to endure scientific ignorance, right-wing pandering and claims of victimisation, and I was not disappointed. www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/nih-...timeshighereducation.comThe NIH director’s visit has only deepened my concerns about himI expected scientific ignorance, right-wing pandering and victimisation claims from Jay Bhattacharya. I was not disappointed, says David Sanders 130
David Sanders @davidsanderssci.bsky.social · 20/07/2026I recently had the opportunity to hear Bhattacharya in person during his visit to Purdue University. I expected to endure scientific ignorance, right-wing pandering and claims of victimisation, and I was not disappointed. www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/nih-...timeshighereducation.comThe NIH director’s visit has only deepened my concerns about himI expected scientific ignorance, right-wing pandering and victimisation claims from Jay Bhattacharya. I was not disappointed, says David Sanders 100
David Sanders @davidsanderssci.bsky.social · 20/07/2026I recently had the opportunity to hear Bhattacharya in person during his visit to Purdue University. I expected to endure scientific ignorance, right-wing pandering and claims of victimisation, and I was not disappointed. www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/nih-...timeshighereducation.comThe NIH director’s visit has only deepened my concerns about himI expected scientific ignorance, right-wing pandering and victimisation claims from Jay Bhattacharya. I was not disappointed, says David Sanders 000
David Sanders @davidsanderssci.bsky.social · 20/07/2026I recently had the opportunity to hear Bhattacharya in person during his visit to Purdue University. I expected to endure scientific ignorance, right-wing pandering and claims of victimisation, and I was not disappointed. www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/nih-...timeshighereducation.comThe NIH director’s visit has only deepened my concerns about himI expected scientific ignorance, right-wing pandering and victimisation claims from Jay Bhattacharya. I was not disappointed, says David Sanders 030
David Sanders @davidsanderssci.bsky.social · 17/07/2026I recently had the opportunity to hear Bhattacharya in person during his visit to Purdue University. I expected to endure scientific ignorance, right-wing pandering and claims of victimisation, and I was not disappointed. www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/nih-...timeshighereducation.comThe NIH director’s visit has only deepened my concerns about himI expected scientific ignorance, right-wing pandering and victimisation claims from Jay Bhattacharya. I was not disappointed, says David Sanders 001
David Sanders @davidsanderssci.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Source: nwitimes.com/news/state-r...nwitimes.comBeckwith wants to ban Muslim call to prayer, raising legal concernsIndiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith said Muslims should be banned from practicing their faith's call to prayer in public, the latest in his deluge of attacks on the world's second-largest 020
David Sanders @davidsanderssci.bsky.social · 12/07/2026"That's why Christianity takes precedent over all other faiths," [#Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith] said. "Everyone can worship how they want, but you don't get to implement Islam in our public spaces." I oppose this statement of Beckwith completely. secure.actblue.com/donate/david...secure.actblue.comDonate to David SandersShow your support with a contribution. 130
David Sanders @davidsanderssci.bsky.social · 12/07/2026I recently had the opportunity to hear Bhattacharya in person during his visit to Purdue University. I expected to endure scientific ignorance, right-wing pandering and claims of victimisation, and I was not disappointed. www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/nih-...timeshighereducation.comThe NIH director’s visit has only deepened my concerns about himI expected scientific ignorance, right-wing pandering and victimisation claims from Jay Bhattacharya. I was not disappointed, says David Sanders 193
David Sanders @davidsanderssci.bsky.social · 09/07/2026My main interest was in "Should[he]fail to ensure that these publications are corrected/retracted,this would constitute a separate violation of good scientific practice." I think that this statement is quite important--I have been arguing for such a standard for more than a decade. 020
David Sanders @davidsanderssci.bsky.social · 09/07/2026"upholding his burden of scientific responsibility, it is incumbent upon[Adriano Aguzzi]to withdraw these...publications/correct errors contained therein. Should[he]fail to ensure that these publications are corrected/retracted,this would constitute a separate violation of good scientific practice."thetransmitter.org 142
David Sanders @davidsanderssci.bsky.social · 08/07/2026I recently had the opportunity to hear Bhattacharya in person during his visit to Purdue University. I expected to endure scientific ignorance, right-wing pandering and claims of victimisation, and I was not disappointed. www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/nih-...timeshighereducation.comThe NIH director’s visit has only deepened my concerns about himI expected scientific ignorance, right-wing pandering and victimisation claims from Jay Bhattacharya. I was not disappointed, says David Sanders 170
David Sanders @davidsanderssci.bsky.social · 08/07/2026We had a great day in Attica. Met some voters whom we had met previously and also spoke with new enthusiastic supporters. Photo of Rhamnousia--associated with Attica in Greece. 100
David Sanders @davidsanderssci.bsky.social · 07/07/2026As a member of the Greater Lafayette Steering Committee on Homelessness(Beyond the Bridge),I am opposed to the criminalization of homelessness enacted by the supermajority in the Indiana State Legislature. Photo is with Don Sawyer, director/producer of BEYOND THE BRIDGE: A Solution To Homelessness 062
David Sanders @davidsanderssci.bsky.social · 06/07/2026“I really feel as if the administration is engaged in reverse alchemy, and it’s turning America’s scientific gold into lead,” says David Sanders, a sleuth and biologist at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. www.nature.com/articles/d41...nature.comResearch-integrity sleuths say their work is being ‘twisted’ to undermine scienceSome sleuths fear that the business of cleaning up flawed studies is being weaponized against science itself. 0327
David Sanders @davidsanderssci.bsky.social · 05/07/2026Some thoughts on the 250th Anniversary Independence Day. "The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice." Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Video won't load here. But you can see it here. x.com/DavidSanders...x.com 011
David Sanders @davidsanderssci.bsky.social · 05/07/2026Jay Bhattacharya,whose proudest achievement as NIHDirector is the elimination of DEI from grants,confused a former Chicago Bulls basketball star(Derrick Rose)with a deceased policeman(David Rose). What does this say about him vis-a-vis African Americans? www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/nih-...timeshighereducation.comThe NIH director’s visit has only deepened my concerns about himI expected scientific ignorance, right-wing pandering and victimisation claims from Jay Bhattacharya. I was not disappointed, says David Sanders 052
David Sanders @davidsanderssci.bsky.social · 02/07/2026“I really feel as if the administration is engaged in reverse alchemy, and it’s turning America’s scientific gold into lead,” says David Sanders, a sleuth and biologist at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. www.nature.com/articles/d41...nature.comResearch-integrity sleuths say their work is being ‘twisted’ to undermine scienceSome sleuths fear that the business of cleaning up flawed studies is being weaponized against science itself. 030
David Sanders @davidsanderssci.bsky.social · 01/07/2026It's good that you are bringing these issues to the fore. Widespread knowledge that commercial antibodies(especially those with "proprietary epitopes")are highly problematic, but far too many people don't validate that they work as advertised (e.g., they recognize specifically the expected protein) 040
David Sanders @davidsanderssci.bsky.social · 30/06/2026NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya has made a career about whining over his "victimization" by those who opposed his unfounded herd immunity arguments in the Great Barrington Declaration. Look at the level of vileness from his antivax critics. 141
David Sanders @davidsanderssci.bsky.social · 29/06/2026Jay Bhattacharya, director of the US National Institutes of Health, has been visiting universities in the US in his ostensible role as champion of academic freedom. It is a part to which he is ill-fitted. www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/nih-...timeshighereducation.comThe NIH director’s visit has only deepened my concerns about himI expected scientific ignorance, right-wing pandering and victimisation claims from Jay Bhattacharya. I was not disappointed, says David Sanders 020
David Sanders @davidsanderssci.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Thanks. I have written frequently for Times Higher Education and Retraction Watch. You might like some of those articles as well. 030
David Sanders @davidsanderssci.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Jay Bhattacharya, director of the US National Institutes of Health, has been visiting universities in the US in his ostensible role as champion of academic freedom. It is a part to which he is ill-fitted. www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/nih-...timeshighereducation.comThe NIH director’s visit has only deepened my concerns about himI expected scientific ignorance, right-wing pandering and victimisation claims from Jay Bhattacharya. I was not disappointed, says David Sanders 000
David Sanders @davidsanderssci.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Jay Bhattacharya, director of the US National Institutes of Health, has been visiting universities in the US in his ostensible role as champion of academic freedom. It is a part to which he is ill-fitted. www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/nih-...timeshighereducation.comThe NIH director’s visit has only deepened my concerns about himI expected scientific ignorance, right-wing pandering and victimisation claims from Jay Bhattacharya. I was not disappointed, says David Sanders 100
David Sanders @davidsanderssci.bsky.social · 24/06/2026I recently had the opportunity to hear Bhattacharya in person during his visit to Purdue University. I expected to endure scientific ignorance, right-wing pandering and claims of victimisation, and I was not disappointed. www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/nih-...timeshighereducation.comThe NIH director’s visit has only deepened my concerns about himI expected scientific ignorance, right-wing pandering and victimisation claims from Jay Bhattacharya. I was not disappointed, says David Sanders 195
David Sanders @davidsanderssci.bsky.social · 24/06/2026I recently had the opportunity to hear Bhattacharya in person during his visit to Purdue University. I expected to endure scientific ignorance, right-wing pandering and claims of victimisation, and I was not disappointed. www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/nih-...timeshighereducation.comThe NIH director’s visit has only deepened my concerns about himI expected scientific ignorance, right-wing pandering and victimisation claims from Jay Bhattacharya. I was not disappointed, says David Sanders 041
David Sanders @davidsanderssci.bsky.social · 24/06/2026I recently had the opportunity to hear Bhattacharya in person during his visit to Purdue University. I expected to endure scientific ignorance, right-wing pandering and claims of victimisation, and I was not disappointed. www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/nih-...timeshighereducation.comThe NIH director’s visit has only deepened my concerns about himI expected scientific ignorance, right-wing pandering and victimisation claims from Jay Bhattacharya. I was not disappointed, says David Sanders 011
David Sanders @davidsanderssci.bsky.social · 21/06/2026Meanwhile over on X from Jay Bhattacharya. www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/nih-... 152